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Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2008
The present review provides an overview of the different dietary quality indices in use. In the first decades, most indices were developed for the general adult population and were based on the American dietary guidelines and the Mediterranean diet. This review focuses on new, other dietary quality indices with special attention to the make-up of the ...
Heidi P, Fransen, Marga C, Ocké
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The present review provides an overview of the different dietary quality indices in use. In the first decades, most indices were developed for the general adult population and were based on the American dietary guidelines and the Mediterranean diet. This review focuses on new, other dietary quality indices with special attention to the make-up of the ...
Heidi P, Fransen, Marga C, Ocké
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Quality indicators in radiotherapy
Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2007There is a widespread and increasing tendency to develop hospital performance indicators in the field of accreditation/certification systems and quality benchmarking. A study has been undertaken to develop a set of performance indicators for a typical radiotherapy Centre and to evaluate their ability to provide a continuous quality improvement.A ...
Cionini, L +6 more
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Nursing Management (Springhouse), 1993
Continuous improvement of care depends upon the efforts of all nursing personnel. Supervisors facilitate quality program operations in their specific areas; head nurses document outcomes; and staff nurses identify problems and contribute to planning.
M R, Ventura, J, Rizzo, S, Lenz
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Continuous improvement of care depends upon the efforts of all nursing personnel. Supervisors facilitate quality program operations in their specific areas; head nurses document outcomes; and staff nurses identify problems and contribute to planning.
M R, Ventura, J, Rizzo, S, Lenz
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Quality Indicators for Endoscopic Ultrasonography
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has become integral to the diagnosis and staging of gastrointestinal (GI) and mediastinal mass lesions. EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) allows the endoscopist to obtain tissue or fluid for cytologic and chemical analysis, adding to the procedure’s utility.
Brian C, Jacobson +11 more
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Soil properties indicative for quality
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1983Even within the small territory of The Netherlands, soil properties show a considerable diversity. A number of soil types, such as clay soil, peat soil, and sandy soil can be distinguished with several transitions and mixtures in between. All these soil types can be characterized by their physical and chemical properties. As such features as structure,
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Emergency Medicine Journal, 2011
International readers may need reminding that in April 2011 a new set of clinical quality (A&E) indicators was introduced in the NHS in England to replace the previous 4 h waiting time standard, the new indicators providing a platform with which to measure the quality of care delivered in A&E departments in England. The indicators were developed by the
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International readers may need reminding that in April 2011 a new set of clinical quality (A&E) indicators was introduced in the NHS in England to replace the previous 4 h waiting time standard, the new indicators providing a platform with which to measure the quality of care delivered in A&E departments in England. The indicators were developed by the
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Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine, 2017
Edward Prosser-Snelling, Edward Morris
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Edward Prosser-Snelling, Edward Morris
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Why environmental quality indices?
1972Science and technology in general, and professionalism in particular, are under attack in our great nation. The average American citizen is confused and confounded by purported scientific rationales that mix philosophy, politics, and opportunism with the analysis of factual research data.
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2003
Abstract A crucial distinction we have tried to draw has been between ‘indices’, signals that are reliable because they cannot be faked, and ‘handicaps’, signals that are reliable because they are costly to produce. The distinction is clear enough in a model, and there are examples that fall easily into one or other category.
John Maynard Smith, David Harper
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Abstract A crucial distinction we have tried to draw has been between ‘indices’, signals that are reliable because they cannot be faked, and ‘handicaps’, signals that are reliable because they are costly to produce. The distinction is clear enough in a model, and there are examples that fall easily into one or other category.
John Maynard Smith, David Harper
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Quality indicators for colonoscopy
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2006Douglas K, Rex +12 more
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